Our text book economists have never learnt what poverty means. The only parameter, they have learnt to use is the Gross Domestic Product. In our great country, which is claiming to become the second economic power in the world, the GDP is contributed by only 20 percent of the total population. For the remaining 80% a different GDP or Gross Domestic Poverty applies. Our PM and his cotterie should travel to some deep pockets in Jharkhand, Bihar and Eastern UP. For the people there, the problem is not proportional representation in the parliament or equal opportunities in the IITs, it is the availability of basic life sustaining necessities, like minimal health care, clean water, a shed over their head and may be bare minimum food. I know of people, who have survived for months eating weeds and grass. May be our country now needs different set of paramgeters to measure progress at the level of a rural pooor and not at the level of Ambanis or Mittals or Jindals where GDP measures. Once we become sensitive to the necessities of the real rural poor and start addressing them, our other problems like Maoist movement etc. will solve on their own.
Re: Re: Which state in India
by antipakanticongress on Jul 13, 2010 07:21 AM
Kerala guys go to dubai for workign and their wife sent a message that they are going to be a mother (They wont say that you are going to be a father)
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Which state in India
by Tom Dick on Jul 13, 2010 12:10 PM
Antipak...don't understand your statement about Kerala women whose husbands are working abroad. Does your women folks go around screwing the neighbours the moment you men folks leave the house? It looks like your statement comes out of experience? Heard jokes about Dwivedi,Trivedi and Chaturvedi? Ask some one...
This PM and the lady behind his party flaunt about the GDP and the growth. WTF? The people are dying out of food and basic commodities. Our Ministers should be put to ordinary lifestyle as the rest of common man and ask them to feel the heat. You might have noticed that all the poorest states are run by goons and famous for goondaraj. This is just corruption. All the poorest states in India should be given to our army and those political parties of those states should be rested because they failed.
An American Visted India n Went Back.. Where He Met an Indian Frnd Who Asked "HoW WAS MY COUNTRY"?? American-"It's a Great Country, With Solid Ancient Histry & Immensely Rich with Natural Resources.."
He then Proudly Asked "HoW DID U FIND INDIANS"? American-"Indians,Who Indians? I didn't Find or Meet a Single Indian there.."
Indian-"What Nonsense? Who else can u meet?"
American-"In Kashmir a Kashmiri? In Punjab Punjabi In Bihar Bihari In Maharashtra Marathi In rajhastanMarwadi In Bengal Bengali In TamilNadu Tamilian
Also met
A Muslim A Hindu A Jain A Buddhist n
Many many more but my 'Indian' frnd NOT A SINGLE INDIAN DID I MEET!"
Think How Serious This Joke Is, The day would not be far off When indeed we would become a collection of Nation States as Some Regional n Anti-National Politicians Want! *FIGHT BACK,
Re: This is because nobody in Indian :-((
by mallik jhalota on Jul 13, 2010 12:12 PM
i understand ur vies but, when someone already in india u dont hav to say ur indian which is obvious man... u will say in india u r from which part. or belonged to. so in US, if u meet someone and if he says i'm american wot information u get from him ? nothing right ? if he says he is from NYC. u will get some info abt him right ? more than indian,american if someone says i'm human i belonged to this earth do think that sentence as symbol of unity or just as JOKE?
Re: Re: This is because nobody in Indian :-((
by divakar bg on Jul 13, 2010 01:18 AM
Hi Greatguy..try to understand what PK is saying? No American will say ' I am a Californian ' to an Indian
Re: Re: Re: This is because nobody in Indian :-((
by refan on Jul 13, 2010 06:55 AM
hey divakar, do u think an american will understand tamilian or bengali?
Re: Re: Re: Re: This is because nobody in Indian :-((
by NashikMarathi on Jul 13, 2010 07:22 AM
Absolutely true....
In the movie Patton - the General is shown visiting the field hospital in Sicily and asks a latino kid where he is from. Kid replies "California Sir". General Patton grins and says "Me too".
Re: Easy
by indian animator on Jul 13, 2010 12:38 AM
India's financial captial gave a movie like slumdog million... so the way you have these poor states for India, same way India and other countries are poor for Rich countries... so will you shift Del to all these countries too...?
these states r full of muslims and their extremism, destructive ideas, untill they dont stop illegal activities, start thinking constructively and participate actively in building better social surroundings. nothing will improve. forget these states... 90% slums r getting created due to muslims in india, and they do every illegal work in destroying social-economocal system. main cause is their uncontrollable population, lack of education, blind ideology.
Well i thought these things about poverty did not matter cause what i thought was what matters is INDIA IS GROWING AT 9% per annum and also news about india is going to overtake canadaian economy by 2020 then india is also going to overtake somebody else.I thought these are the things that matter.What a bunch of idiots run the country,people are eating their own exreta and the government says about 9% growth hehehehhh..and we go around searching for jokes.I think if we really go into the anals of india i think india is really one of the most poorest countries in the world and it will stay like that.
Bihar and UP, like other states have contributed great and wonderful politicians to India such as Rajendra Prasad, JP and Malviya. It's critical that all these states improve their education system and prosper one again. Because, if they dont, they will end up contributing bad politics and bad politicians. Because of the number of parliament seats they have, they can wreak havoc on national politics.
The others states should also beware and learn what not to do and not be smug! They have a long way to go. All these parameters are relative!
